CVE-2023-20261 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, allowing an authenticated, remote attacker to retrieve arbitrary files due to improper parameter validation in the web UI. An attacker could exploit this by logging in and sending crafted requests, potentially gaining access to sensitive files on the underlying Linux filesystem. The CVSS score is 6.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring low privileges, resulting in high confidentiality impact. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
17.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:catalyst_sd-wan_manager:17.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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